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What does Supercharging do to your MPG???

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Old Mar 18, 2003 | 08:16 PM
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Default What does Supercharging do to your MPG???

What sort of changes have you noticed with your fuel economy before and after you installed a blower to your cars? better? worse? i'm talking about "normal" driving, not considering how much more likely we are to hammer the pedal....
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Old Mar 19, 2003 | 01:51 AM
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What sort of changes have you noticed with your fuel economy before and after you installed a blower to your cars? better? worse? i'm talking about "normal" driving, not considering how much more likely we are to hammer the pedal....
Not much if you can keep your foot out of it....but that's a pretty big if.... :lol:
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Old Mar 19, 2003 | 03:22 AM
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Nothing really because you are in vacuum mode so no big deal!
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Old Mar 19, 2003 | 11:42 AM
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I reset my mileage this past weekend on the entrance ramp and ran non stop in 6th gear with the cruise on 78 for 88 miles and got 23.8 mpg (stock gears). But around town no Gearhead will be able to stay out of the boost so you'll get in the high teens.
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Old Mar 20, 2003 | 12:35 PM
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hmmm, I olny get high teens around town without a supercharger (actually the motor is still untouched)... :skep:
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Old Mar 20, 2003 | 02:29 PM
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Well........maybe low teens if the traffic will stay out of the way!!!!
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Old Mar 21, 2003 | 10:14 PM
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I could care less about mileage. This is all about enjoyment for me.
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I'm a little heavy footed and average 17.5 mpg.
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My buddy'C5 with a Vortech will see 28mpg under normal driving and about 10 under boost.
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